Book Love

[hsifeng]

Can I tell you something? I love the digital age! At what other time in history (up until now that is - barring time travel) could I have gotten a chance to peruse this little gem today? dravon, when you start making horse barding again you need to start with these:

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It is always nice to remember that our ancestors liked playing dress-up too! *grin*

Comments

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Great picture, but is there any chance you can put it behind a cut? My friends list is hard to read! Thanks :)

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

No problem~!

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

And what a fun book--I've been looking through it :)

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Looking through it I was struck by the potential parallel between this sort of figural parade and the sort one sees several times a day at an amusement park like Disneyland: Both have ‘popular cultural heroes’, lots of pageantry, and tons of bright colors.

The images also evoke some powerful suggestions about the way that these people saw themselves: Connected to their own history (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001352/images/index.html?seite=142), educated (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001352/images/index.html?seite=89) and part of a larger world (wherein there are apparently only four main continents: America (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001352/images/index.html?seite=101) , Africa (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001352/images/index.html?seite=113) , Asia (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001352/images/index.html?seite=126) , and Europe (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001352/images/index.html?seite=139)).


EDIT: Sorry, had to fix some links there! ;)

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

You might want to check out the book on the Nuremburg Schambart festival (Mardi Gras) and see the costumes and parade of earlier in the century. T'is coolness.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[dravon.livejournal.com]

Let me be an ass, get it out of my system: Isn't that an allegorical picture? *snorts*

I do love it. Expecially the foo-man-chu skull/crossbones one! That's awesome! I need to get some garb made for M, so that I can start playing horsie dress up guilt-free. hehe. Thanks for the inspiration. :)

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Not to worry, I expected it! *grin* Yeah, the skull-n-crossbones are da’bomb. I have to admit, I like the gambling one more though…

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

FYI - I think the ‘foo-man-chu’ skull is actually a skull with a snake in its mouth….